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As Apple caves in on data protection, what price are we prepared to pay for global security?

When Apple announced this afternoon that it was caving in to British government demands to remove its highest-level security

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Trump’s phone chat with Putin may bring peace to Ukraine, but what then?

On Wednesday this week, US President Donald Trump sent shockwaves rippling across Europe when he announced that he’d shared

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Grenfell Tower may be coming down, but a fundamental injustice remains

Eight years after the dreadful fire that killed 72 people, the government has finally confirmed that the Grenfell Tower

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Washington air crash rhetoric highlights changing use of language in politics

As with any seemingly inexplicable disaster, the Washington plane crash has raised many questions. Most obvious are the reflections

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Southport enquiry promise of “nothing will be off the table” – let’s hope and pray it delivers

It is often said that however carefully political leaders plan and manipulate policies, it is always the lateral and

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English devolution could transorm society, but government needs to be careful what it wishes for

It was one the centrepieces of the 2015 General Election, and again it was a recurring promise when Labour

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As LA fires continue to burn, we should all be concerned about monetisation of water

At Mass yesterday, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles gave a moving homily in which he tried to offer

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Whatever the government might hope, the Waspi women issue isn’t going away any time soon

It probably wasn’t the Christmas narrative that the government was hoping for, but the uproar over the treatment of

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Today’s vote in favour of assisted dying is more catastrophic than historic

In a decision that has come as something of a shock to both sides of this impassioned debate, MPs

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As COP29 grumbles into the weekend, poorer nations should be careful what they wish for

In a week of unprecedented decisions in Ukraine that appear to have driven the world to the edge of

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Legislators ought to be looking to boost palliative care systems, not encouraging premature deaths

In a pastoral letter that will be read out parishes across his diocese this weekend, Bishop Richard Moth of

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We remember our war dead well, but still learn precious few lessons from their sacrifice

As Britain commemorated its annual Remembrance service yesterday, some 10,000 men and women marched past the Cenotaph and laid

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